Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't stuff yourself with doughnuts or chocolate , or anything to which you are unaccustomed , or indeed anything to which you are accustomed but which you might suddenly be tempted to gorge in distorted amounts . |
| 2 | Type in a filename and the graph template will be saved in memory and will only be stored to disk when you save it again . |
| 3 | In contrast to neighbouring Cuxton , where a most important Palaeolithic site was discovered in 1962 , the prehistory of Hailing as known at present can only be shown to date from Neolithic , or New Stone Age , times . |
| 4 | then he or she can only be forced to hand back the item if the price it cost him or her is paid in compensation [ Art . |
| 5 | The new symbols NT , USE need not necessarily be transferred to library catalogues where traditional entries can still be made . |
| 6 | The apparent extension of the effects of the collision of the Indian and Eurasian Plates to much of central and eastern Asia , and possibly as far as the Baikal Rift ( Fig. 3.21 ) , in fact indicates that the consequences of plate interaction need not necessarily be confined to plate margins . |
| 7 | He gave his condolences to the widow and said that he hoped whoever had perpetrated this terrible deed would soon be brought to justice . |
| 8 | In the wake of the Letelier decision there were hopes that celebrated cases of human rights abuse would soon be brought to justice . |
| 9 | It can be said that works of this kind — and there are many other possible examples begin more evidently from the actual art and culture in question , and can thus be assigned to history or criticism . |
| 10 | The RSPCA has always been in favour of whips being carried for the reasons outlined by Luhnenschloss , but its assistant chief veterinary officer , Alastair Mews , said : ‘ Future decisions can no longer be left to tradition , habit , or hearsay but must be based on good science . |
| 11 | But the last ground , the ‘ need ’ for new licence premises , is questioned and the Government seeks views as to whether the question of ‘ need ’ should best be left to market forces . |
| 12 | And then , the myriad interactions in the biochemistry and physiology of nerve and brain must somehow be integrated to perfection . |
| 13 | This explains why women place a high priority on the right words , soft music , anything that can generally be attributed to romance . |
| 14 | 2.3.3 Rule 37.3 ( relationship with takeover offers ) and Rule 37.4 A company will not normally be allowed to buy-in or redeem its shares during the offer period if its board has reason to believe that a takeover offer for the company is imminent , except pursuant to a pre-existing contract ( Rule 21 ) . |
| 15 | Claims with an anticipated cost of over £3000 should normally be passed to Loss Adjusters . |
| 16 | However , if he does this he will not normally be permitted to post such an offer document within 12 months of the date of the statement , unless an offer for the target is announced by a third party within that period ( Note 3 on Rule 4.2 ) . |
| 17 | The teaching need not be limited to English or British History , and lessons on citizenship may be given with advantage in the higher classes . |
| 18 | The teaching need not be limited to English or British History , and lessons on citizenship may be given with advantage in the higher classes . |
| 19 | This point should not be pushed to perversity : the IMF is still clear that a US-style deficit is worse , and it certainly is not being quickly corrected . |
| 20 | If Italian politicians can not be moved to action by protests from within their own country , it is up to us outside Italy to turn on the pressure in the world media . |
| 21 | However , the sluggish and top-heavy bureaucratic apparatus of the City Council could not be moved to action . |
| 22 | Heysel occurred at a ground so dilapidated it would not be cleared to stage Fourth Division matches in this country . |
| 23 | She leaned closer to Alice , so that Alice could smell a warm perfume , reminiscent of a flower , the name of which could not be called to mind . |
| 24 | Mr Fuchs has made it clear that he can not be called to task for the museum 's deficit and has blamed two principal factors . |
| 25 | It is our long-held view that foreign spent nuclear fuel should not be sent to Dounreay for storage , let alone for reprocessing , because it breaches what is for us a fundamental principle : that the responsibility for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel should lie with the reactor operators . |
| 26 | The first was that fine defaulters should not be sent to prison ; but very few are . |
| 27 | They can not be sent to prison — at least not yet . |
| 28 | However , the number of self-injuries identified in Edinburgh through referrals to the Regional Poisoning Treatment Centre may have been an underestimate of the total number of cases referred to hospital ( Kreitman 1977 ) , and , in addition , a high proportion of patients with self-injuries may not be referred to hospital at all ( Kennedy and Kreitman 1973 ) . |
| 29 | Indeed , many would not be sentenced to custody on conviction . |
| 30 | High priority can not be given to presubmission enquiries ; in urgent cases they can be made in the form of a one-page fax . |